A case of wrong diagnosis of paraesophageal hernia in a patient with a white line hernia

Abstract

Among all the anatomical variants for the hiatal hernia development, a true paraesophageal hernia is the most rare. The clinical manifestations of this type of hiatal hernia are caused by the infringement of the diaphragmatic crus or by transient obstruction of the esophagus with the development of organic dysphagia. The leading method of instrumental diagnostics of this pathology is contrast x-ray study of the esophagus and stomach with functional tests. The article describes a clinical case of an incorrect interpretation of the symptoms of the disease and the results of EGD in favor of paraesophageal hernia in association with GERD in a patient with a large white line hernia under conditions of migration into the hernial sac of the stomach and duodenum.